Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as… — Marianne Moore
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy. — Mike DeWine
I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation,… — John Polkinghorne
This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show him that he… — Nikos Kazantzakis
When you have overcome one temptation, you must be ready to enter the lists with another. As distrust, in some sense, is the mother of… — Thomas Brooks
God has defeated Satan through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through this overwhelming victory, God has also empowered you to overcome… — John C. Broger
When business is not all that it should be there is a temptation to sit back and say, Well, what's the use! We've done everything… — Cliff Sloan
I choose joy... I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical... the tool of… — Max Lucado
I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time I spent in… — Paulo Coelho
Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them. — Oscar Wilde
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An… — Samuel Johnson
There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed us not. Afflictions… — Joseph Hall
They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops,… — Robertson Davies
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist… — Jacqueline Carey
The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God. — Neil T Anderson
Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven. — Jason Evert
The only thing I can't resist is temptation. — Oscar Wilde
We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have. — Ron Paul
Afflictions, like bills and pikes, make a terrible show when they cannot reach us; but the temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and kill… — George Downame
It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined… — Alistair Begg
It’s all about sticking to your plan and experiencing feelings as they arise. If you are unwilling to feel your feelings, the temptation is to… — Ed Seykota
It can be a great temptation to rest on the field and let the opponent have a play without making him pay for every inch.… — Jim Harbaugh
My Christmas prayer is that I would remain close to God, and He close to me. With all the suffering in the world today, there… — Don Moen
People are rarely diabolic or bent enthusiastically on evil. As a rule, they are only weak; they cannot resist temptation and thus give way to… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free. — Mike Gayle

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